Wind-shield.



F. A. BOEDTCHER RI S. IISCHVVARTZ.

y WIND SHIELD. APPLICATION FILED IAN.22. IgII.

Patented lfeb. 2.5, 191).

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

F. A. BOEDTCHER 1% S. I. SCHWARTZ.

WIND SHIELD. APPLICATION FILED lAN.22, i911.

Pueptcd Feb. 25, 1919.

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T' sir A. ,7 l? Q FRANZ A.. BoEDToriER, or BERGENEIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND lSIMON I. scHwAETaoF NEW YORK, ii. Y.

WIND-SHIELD.

To all whom t may concern: I

Be it lknown that we, FRANZ BoEDTorinn and' SIMON I. SCHWARTZ, citizens of the United States, residing in Bergenield, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, andthe city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New Yorl, re-

spectively, have invented a certain new and in anyl other suitablevacant space about the car. A further object ofthe invention is toprovide a device of this characterwhich will be extremelysimple in construction, reliable in its operation, andwill not be apt to get out of order. y

Speaking generally, the invention em.

bodies a Wind-shield in the form of a'flexible web adaptedto be normally wound upoiia roller mounted at one side/of the car. k /Vhen it is desired to employ the wind shield for the performance of its function, the web is extended transversely of the car and secured toa standard to maintain the web in extended position, whereby it is maintained stretched across the carto protect the occupants seated rearwardly thereof from the rush of air, as the oar'travels along the road. l

ihe. invention embodies many features of advantage and improvements in construction. which will be manifest fromtlie following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

44In the accompanying `drawings kwe have illustrated different prac-tical embodiments of the invention, but the constructions shown therein are to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits vof the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a car body, showing a wind shield, embodying the presf ent invention, in operative position thereon. This figure shows different arrangements of which the wind shield is capable. E

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. l. ln this view, certain parts are shown in central section, in the interest of clearness.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a face view of an attaching standl Specification of Letters Patent. l'Application filed January 22, 1917. `Serial No. 143,604.

Patented Een. 25, wie.`

ard1 ofthe type which is preferably employed; 55 an Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating a slightly modified form of -mounting for the wind shield.

. Referring to the drawings, 'A designates a 60 tubular easing provided at one side with a longitudinal slot or opening a. In thepreferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. l, this casing is shown as provided interiorly with a shaftl B, extending 654 from end to end of the casing' kand fixed against movement relative thereto by riveting over-tlie opposite ends of the shaft eX- teriorly of the casing.

. Shaft B serves as the axis of rotation for a tubular roller C, which is mounted interiorly of the easing, and upon which roller is adapt-ed to be wound a HeXible web D, YV eb D may be formed substantially entirely of Celluloid, or some other, transparent material, but is preferably constructed from a fabric having one or more transparentf panels d. Web D i normally maintained wound upon roller t) by means of a helical spring E which is coiled around shaft B, with its upper end secured tothe shaft, as at c, and its lower end secured to'theroller, as at c. Web D is secured to roller'C, and, when. in extended position, passes through the outlet slot i of the easing, as shown in 85 Fig. 3. e For the purpose of facilitating the mountingfof .the roller in such position as to allow of the use ofthe ,web as a wind shield, a standard F is aiiixed to the casing by meansof rivets f2. This standard projects below the lower end of the casing and has a foot F preferably so formed as to detacliably engage with vmeans positioned on an automobile body for the purpose of supporting the roller in substantially upright position. l A

This meansmay partake of/various forms, but, in the construction of Fig.1,.the form `illustrated is that wherein the foot F is provided with a plurality/'of elongated slots f, 100

and on theautomobile body are mounted two tacting faces of the joint are radially fluted or serrated so that, when the wing-nut is tightened, the Serrat-ions of the coperating parts interiit with one another and lock the parts against relative pivotal movement.` Thisv construction allows of the locki'n of v the standard at various angles of inclination relative to the foot, it being understood that such adjustment may be accomplished by loosening the wing-nut sufliciently to allow of the tilting of the standard, and thereafter tightening the wing-nut to'lock the standard at the desired angle of inclination.

When the roller is mounted upon an automobile body in the manner described, or in any other equivalent way, web D is normally wound upon the roller and is almost entirely housed within casing A.' When it is desired yto employ the web' as a wind shield, said web must, 'necessarilyA be withdrawn through the slot in thefcasing into extended position, and means must be provided for maintaining said web in such positionv by supporting the free end thereof.A This may be accomplished through the employment of y a standard substantially identical with the standard employed for supporting the roller in upright position. That is, 1t may embody a standard provided with a foot pivoted thereto, and having slots adapted to engage with turn-buttons on the automobile body. However, for the purpose of illustration, I have shown the standard H, which supports the free end of web D, as provided with a foot H, differing somewhat in form from the foot F of standard F,

- in that it has a different means of attachlmi ment'to the car body. Foot H is provided with a squared or polygonal shank i, which lits into acorrespondingly shaped Vsocket in a bracket 7i, fixedly secured to the car body. If desired, a set screwrmay be lprovided Vfor precluding inadvertent disengagement from ,the socket. The connection between foot H and standard H is shown as identical with the connection between standard F and its foot F', so that these two standards may be both tilted to obtain the desired inclination of the wind shield. Web D may be secured to standard H in anysuitable manner, either detachably or fixedly,` as desired, but it is shown in the drawings as I l. permanently secured to said standard by avingits free edge secured in a channel on the inner face of standard H. y y

leaving the the casing may be positioned farther fori It will-be understood that the point of attachment of the bracket It is so positioned relative to the point of attachment of foot F that, when the web is supported in the manner specied, to be suspended between ythe two standards, said web will occupy a position forward of the occupants of the automobile. While a diderent form of in unting is shown for the free end of the web from that shown for supporting the roller, this is merely for the purposeof illustrating two forms of mounting which may be employed. However, in practice, these two niountings are preferably of the samecharacter, either one kind or the other. Assuming', therefore, that the devices are the same,rand that they are mounted at opposite sides of the car body, it will be apparent that the wind shield is capable of various arrangements.

Referring more particularly to Fig. l, wherein casing A is shownas mounted at one side of the car, it will be apparent that 'web D may be either stretched halfway By securing the free end of the web tov the forward seat in the manner shown, said web will not, in the least, interfere with the occupants entering or leaving the car, and will thus allow of the positioningof the roller directly in front of the rear seat. However, if the web is stretched directly across the car at the front edge of the rear seat, it will be necessary either to collapse the web when the occupants leave the car, or 4for the occupants to stoop under the shield in leaving the seat.. If it is desired 'to have the web extend directly across the car, and yet not prevent the occupants from rear seat in the usual manner,

wardly than shown; 7'. c., it may be positioned forwardly of the However, this is a matter of taste,` and the invention is not limited in this respec ,since, if desired, the wind shield might be placed forwardly of the front seat and employed in lieu of the rigid wind shields now Ain vo ue.

s the car 0n which the wind shield is mounted passes along a roadway, the rush of air will impose considerable pressure upon web D, and, unless the web is maintained taut, it will be apt to sag or bend rear doors of the f car, and Just rearwardly of the front seat. f

'lwill thereby be supported rigidly at .both

under the pressure. For this reason, means is provided for,l holding the web taut. This means is embodied in a latch J, which is pivoted either tothe casing or the standard,

as at j', and is provided at its free end with a nose j, adapted to extend through an aperl ture in the top of the casing and also` prol ject-through ahole in the top of roller C. There is a plurality of these holesi-n the top of roller C, So that, when the web is extended, one of said holes will come intov register with the hole iin the top of the casing, Ywhereby the nose of the latch may be dropped through both holes and'thereby lock the roller against rotation. The web of its ends, and will'be mamtalnedin a stretched, taut condition, irrespectivp of the air pressure.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings is illustrated a -.modified `form of mounting the roller. In

this4 form, no standard is necessa-ry, the shaft E ,being extended below the bottom oftheacasing and forming a stem z', which is sh'ied into polygonal cross-section. Stem z' Ifisadapte'd to fit into a socket formedin a bracket I, mounted on the car body. The

l polygonal portion i ofshat E extends uplso wardlyto .-a suiiicient extent to engage with the aperture in the casing through which the shaft -asses,jand thus casing' A', which correspon s to casing A, is Amounted on the shaft against rotation. The remainder of the structure is the same as 'hereinbefore described. In this modified form, however, it will be noted that tlie roller is mounted in substantially vertical position at all times, and is not adapted for adjustment into inclined relation with' the socket, as is the case in the preferred-form of the invention.

A marked advantage vor the wind shield of this invention is its extreme simplicity, and the fact that', when not in use, it may either be rolled up, or the device, as a whole, may be removed from position upon the car and stored away under the rear seat, or in any other suitable and convenient place about the car. It is, moreover, easy to attach and does not detract from the a pearance of the car. In the drawings, 1t has beengnccessary, in the interest of clearness, to show some of the parts much larger in proportion tten they would ordinarily be in practice. When the device is in place upon acar, in its commercial form, it is neat and esthetic. in appearancaand much less bulky than the drawings would lead one to believe.

Having thus fully described the invention, what we clalm as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. An automobile wind shield embodying a roller, a flexible transparent web secured at one of its Aends to the roller, a spring associated with the roller for normally causing the winding of the web on the roller, said web being adapted to be unwound from .the roller against the tension of the spring, and standards for supporting the roller and the free end of the web4 in substantially upstanding position when the web is extended,-

said' standards being pivotally mounted with respect to the automobile body Whereby said web, when in extended position, may partake of positions inl angular relations to the vertical plane.

2. 4An automobile wind shield embodying a' roller, means for mounting the roller in substantially upright position,` a flexible web secured at one of its ends to the roller,l

testimony whereof we have signed y 

